{"id":118070,"date":"2011-02-18T14:52:44","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T21:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=118070"},"modified":"2011-12-08T10:53:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T17:53:35","slug":"chinese-court-upholds-8-year-sentence-for-american-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/02\/chinese-court-upholds-8-year-sentence-for-american-citizen\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Court Upholds 8-year Sentence for American Citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The arrest of Chinese-American geologist Xue Feng on charges of violating state secrets has been a thorny issue for US-China relations ever since his arrest and\u00a0 imprisonment three years ago. Recently, the Chinese courts have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/02\/17\/china.american.espionage\/index.html?iref=allsearch\">upheld his conviction<\/a> despite the American government&#8217;s attempts to overturn it. From CNN:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am extremely disappointed in the outcome although it wasn&#8217;t  completely unexpected,&#8221; said U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman. &#8220;We  ask the Chinese government to consider an immediate humanitarian parole  of Xue Feng thereby allowing him to get back to his family and his way  of life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The geologist, a naturalized American citizens, was  convicted on charges of violating state secrets and faces a fine of  200,000 yuan (about U.S. $30,400). Xue has spent about three years in  prison since his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>University of Chicago&#8217;s Dr. David B.  Rowley, Xue&#8217;s former professor who has rallied for his release, said in  July that Xue was languishing in prison on vague charges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Xue had been working as a geologist for energy consulting firm IHS and was gathering information on China&#8217;s oil-wells. 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